Chapter 32 Capitalist Turmoil

"Very good." Carlos VII nodded with great satisfaction. The impatience in his eyes almost overflowed: "Now we are waiting for those dissatisfied factory owners to jump out and give Primo, the guy who disrespects the Bourbon dynasty, a fatal blow.

Only the Bourbon family is the master of Spain, and Savoy should stay in Italy. They are not worthy of getting involved in Iberia."

The situation in Spain is now very clear. Everyone believes that those capitalists who value money as their life will never give up resistance. They will definitely do anything for the money in their hands.

This is indeed the case.

The counterattack of factory owners and capitalists came soon.

On January 19, 1870, the Madrid Workers' Daily reported an article denouncing the government.

This report did not mention the purpose of the labor law to guarantee workers' income, but condemned the government for ignoring the income of factories and enterprises and blindly requiring factories and enterprises to bear additional expenses.

At the end of this report, it was also mentioned that if the government did not cancel such a wrong decree in time, it would likely cause a large number of factories and enterprises in Spain to go bankrupt, resulting in a large number of workers losing their jobs, thus affecting the workers' income.

This report seems reasonable, but it is completely untenable.

The extra expenses of factories and enterprises mentioned in the report are actually the wages they should have paid to workers.

If paying workers the wages they deserve will lead to the bankruptcy of factories and enterprises, then what is the need for such factories and enterprises to exist?

Before Carlo's public opinion means could counterattack, the capitalists' second move came.

On January 20, the popular Spanish Sun was attacked.

The attackers first smashed the windows of the newspaper with hard objects such as stones, and then climbed into the newspaper office to destroy some equipment for printing newspapers.

Carlo was a little angry about the capitalists' fearlessness of the government and the royal power, and he was determined to exclude big capital from the ruling class of Spain.

On January 21, the Spanish government quickly passed the "Spanish Labor Law" bill and announced that it would strictly enforce the provisions of the labor law from now on, requiring all factories and enterprises in Spain to pay workers' wages on a weekly or monthly basis, and those who defaulted would be fined ten times, and in serious cases, the factory or enterprise would be closed down.

Once such a decree was announced, it immediately caused an uproar among the capitalist class.

Originally, the capitalists thought that Primo and Carlo would give in, but they chose to resolutely oppose capitalism.

In order to protect their wallets, the capitalists chose to unite. They wanted to follow the example of Primo before and re-promote the revolution in the Kingdom of Spain.

On January 22, factory owners and business owners around Madrid united and incited some workers and radical republicans to launch a large-scale demonstration on the streets of Madrid.

It has to be admitted that the brainwashing of the capitalists on the workers is still useful. After hearing in the newspaper that the factory would go bankrupt if it took on additional expenses, some workers began to worry about whether they would lose their jobs.

Although most workers are rational, there are still a small number of workers who choose to stand with the capitalists under such concerns.

After the demonstration broke out, Primo ordered the army to suppress the demonstration while secretly mobilizing the army to control the order in Madrid.

The purpose of these capitalists is definitely not just the demonstration, and Primo's attention cannot be attracted by all these demonstrations.

For Primo, who is proficient in military affairs, these small moves of the capitalists can't be hidden from his eyes.

As expected, while the march was suppressed, another smaller-scale marching team, carrying a variety of weapons and equipment, marched to the Madrid Palace and Parliament.

In the eyes of these capitalists who once participated in the Spanish Revolution, the revolution was still very simple. They only needed to take advantage of the chaos to occupy the Spanish royal palace and government, and the king and government officials would surrender.

They didn't even need to take the initiative, the royal palace guards and the Spanish army would take the initiative to surrender to them.

When these people approached the palace in a mighty manner, they were completely dumbfounded.

The palace was not as chaotic as the last revolution, and they were not greeted by the surrendered Spanish army.

Looking at the palace guards who were ready in the distance, many people in the rioting team swallowed their saliva, as if they had seen the situation clearly.

"By order of His Majesty, if you give up your weapons and surrender at this time, His Majesty will only pursue those who started the rebellion. If anyone dares to take a step forward, it will be regarded as a rebellion against His Majesty and Spain, and will be executed on the spot!" Captain Giotti of the Palace Guard rode a black horse, holding an Italian-made spear in his hand, and shouted to the rebels not far ahead.

"Don't be fooled by him, no one will forgive us, not even God. Our only choice is to attack the palace and make Spain a true republic, and God will bless us!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the leader of the rebel team hurriedly incited the emotions of the crowd to save the morale that was about to collapse.

"The purpose of the labor law is to protect your interests, and those greedy factory owners will not go bankrupt just because they pay your wages. Wake up, people, look behind you, those greedy capitalists are the enemies of all Spaniards!

I promise you in the name of God and the King of Spain that you will not lose your job, nor will you be held accountable for what happened today.

You are blinded, blinded by the evil capitalists. But now is not the time to confess to God, we need to defeat all the enemies of Spain, the greedy capitalists, and then talk about other things.

Please believe me, for Spain, please put down your weapons. "Seeing that the morale of the rebels was somewhat broken, Carlo would not miss this good opportunity and shouted to the distance.

Hearing Carlo's shout, many people in the rebel crowd were moved.

Not many people in the rebels were devoted to working for the capitalists. The workers were worried about whether they would lose their jobs. If their jobs could be guaranteed, how could they stand up against the government and the king?

As for those radical republicans, they certainly would not turn against them just because of Carlo's words.

But this is a good thing for Carlo. Those who don't lay down their weapons should be sent to see God immediately.

After thinking carefully for a moment, many workers are still willing to believe in their king. After all, the few things the new king has done since he took office are good for them. Isn't this more trustworthy than those capitalists who withhold wages?

With this idea in mind, many deceived workers put down their weapons one after another, and involuntarily stood a little further away from those capitalists' lackeys and radical republicans.

"Very good, people. Those who have laid down their weapons can come over. I promise to God that you will still be the people of Spain, and this matter has nothing to do with you. "Seeing that many people on the opposite side had laid down their weapons, Carlo nodded with satisfaction and said to the crowd on the opposite side with a smile.

Hearing Carlo's words, the workers on the opposite side hurriedly walked towards the palace guards. Some of the capitalists' lackeys also gave up their weapons because they saw no chance of winning, and disguised themselves as ordinary workers to surrender to the palace guards.

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